New Jersey police officer hits truck head on, kills fellow officer

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  1. OldHasBeen

    OldHasBeen Road Train Member

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  3. OldHasBeen

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    It seems law enforcement offices receives help from fellow officers.


    Once a deputy sheriff stopped on a road, got his shotgun out, shot at a deer, missed the deer, hit the man's pickup truck and house, it cost quite a bit to repair his house and truck. It did not stop the deputy's career.


    Later he became chief deputy and got stopped by a game warden for killing a deer illegally, plus he was driving drunk. The sheriff gave him 2 weeks off, paid, and he continued his job.


    Seems police officers take care of each other. The public is the one that gets it.
     
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  4. tsavory

    tsavory Road Train Member

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    And they wonder WHY we dislike and distrust them. Cops and Politicians think their above the law and in many ways I guess they are.
     
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  5. Shaggy

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    Oh well, 3 new positions opened up.
     
  6. Lepton1

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    The video of officer Abad failing the field sobriety test and the circumstances of that accident are something else. The woman who's car he hit never knew he was a police officer all the way through the court proceedings, she only found out after the news of this fatal accident.

    The Jack Daniel's shots he posted online noted they were "on the house". I wonder if they were on the house because police get special treatment? The bar(s) that served the officer will be (or should be) under scrutiny. It's illegal to serve anyone that is drunk. Anyone that has served liquor needs to take a test for knowledge of what to look for in customer behavior, strategies for cutting them off professionally, and the laws regarding over serving a customer. The establishments are liable.
     
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  7. EZX1100

    EZX1100 Road Train Member

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    he should have trip planned better and inspected the bridge

    any safe truck driver knows the conditions of the bridges before he rides over them

    never assume anyone else has done their job properly

    i am presently walking my next 500 mile load, by checking the supports of every bridge i have to encounter

    i dont want any csa points
     
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    because they dont have to be tested, nor questioned for some time after an accident

    by that time, his blood alcohol level will be normal and they can go after the truck driver
     
  10. FatDaddy

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    While I generally enjoy when you put your tinfoil hat on trust me these articles would have never seen the light of day if they were going after the truck driver.
     
  11. Air Breeze

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    Business as usual in New Jersey...
     
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